Vest and drawers holder.



PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

J5..,LUsf-1IGv. VEST AND nRAwBRs HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 13.41903.

H0 IODEL.

Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

ALBERT LUSTTG, OF COBSICANA, TEXAS.

VEST AND` DRAWERS HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,666, dated [rpri 5, 1904-.. Application filed April 13, 1903. Serial No. 152,383. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT LUSTIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Corsicana, in the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Vest and Drawers Holders, of which the following' is a specification.

My present invention is an improvement upon that for which I have received Letters Patent No. 483,462. Such former invention consisted of a spring-bar or metal strip provided with attaching devices in the form of safety-pins and having at its upper end a curved lateral arm or extension provided with a clasp or clamp. The said bar was provided with safety-pins for attaching it to the inner side of a vest opposite the buttons thereon, the clasp being secured to the waistband of drawers, whereby the two garments were connected and the vest held drawn straight and smooth by the tension of the drawers.

In the present invention the arm carrying the clasp is pivoted to the main bar, so as to swing free thereon instead of being made integral and rigid with said bar, as in the original invention, and the bar is provided with a slidable extension, whereby its practical length may be varied as conditions require, also with fixed pins, which project in opposite directions, whereby the device may be quickly attached to and detached from a vest and will be held in place by the lateral and downward tension of the arm carrying the clasp. In one of the forms the device is constructed without pins or other means of attachment and is adapted to be inserted and held in a slit or pocket formed in the inner side of the vest near its front edge.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation are as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view representing my improved device applied as in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device attached. Fig. 3 isa cross-section on the line 8 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4f is a view illustrating the attachment of the device to a vest by inserting it in a slit or pocket of the same. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the parts represented in Fig. 2.

I will iirst describe the invention as illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The main bar A is a narrow metal strip made of spring material. lAn arm B is pivoted toits upper end and provided with a toothed clasp C. The preferred form of the latter is composed of two like springpieces whose outer ends are curved inward and toothed and which may be clamped or caused to bite together by a sliding ring or ykeeper c. It is to be understood, however, that I may apply to the arm B any other form of clasp suitable for the purpose. The main bar A is provided with a slidable extension A', which is constructed of sheet metal. in the nature of a pocket adapted to receive the main bar and slotted lengthwise, as shown in Fig. 2. The extension A being formed of spring material is thus adapted to clasp the bar A in such manner that the friction between them is sufficient to hold the extension A in any preferred adjustment-such, for example, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Pins t and a are rigidly secured to the respective upper and lower ends of the bar A and are curved and extended 'horizontally across the inner side of the bar, their points being directed in opposite directions.

The device is applied practically as indicated in Fig. l-that is to say, the main bar A is laid upon the inner side of the vest X parallel to its edge and in vertical position in rear of the buttons, and the attachment is eli'ected by sliding or moving the ends of the bar in opposite directions, whereby the pins a, and a are caused to enter the fabric. Then the clasp C'being attached te the upper edge of the waistband of the drawers Y it will be observed that the arm B with its attached clasp lies or projects on the same side of the main bar A as that toward which the upper pin o projects, and hence the pull or tension of the drawers Y on said arm tends to hold said pin engaged with the vest X. In fact, in such case the upper pin is practically a fulcrum for the main bar A, the lateral tension on the upper end of said bar tending to throw the lower end of the same in the opposite direction, whereby the lower pin a is also held in firm engagement with the vest.

In Figs. 4: and 5 the device is shown constructed without attaching-pins or equivalents and is inserted in a slit formed in the inner side of the vest X. It is to be understood that the main bar A2 may be inserted in a pocket duly constructed for reception of the same, or the attachment may be effected very simply by slitting the vest X/ ata point far enough above the lower edge of the same to allow the lower end of the main bar A2 to be duly supported.

In either of the two forms of the invention and two modes of application of the same above described and illustrated in the drawings it will be seen that the vest is drawn downward, and thereby held smooth and straight on the person of the wearer, and the drawers are duly supported with a corresponding tension. VThe adaptation of the arm B with its attached clasp to swing free on the bar A enables it to move either way independently of the main bar A, so that it is more comfortable in use than the original device having a rigid arm. The main bar being made of elastic material it readily conforms to the contour of the person, so as to be entirely comfortable in use.

While my invention is shown applied for a specific purpose, it is to be understood that I do not restrict it thereto, but propose to employ it in any place where it may be done with advantage.

What I claim isl. The improved device consisting of a bar Y having a shorter arm pivoted to one end of the same, the said arm being adapted to swing free and lie flat on the bar and provided with means for attaching it to a garment, substantially as shown and described.

2. The improved device for the purpose specified, consisting of a main bar having a slidable endwise extension, and a lateral arm provided with a clasp, substantially as shown and described.

3. The improved device for the purpose specified comprising a bar having parallel sides and a slidable endwise extension thereof comprising an elongated slotted part constructed of elastic sheet metal and'applied to the main bar in the manner described, whereby it is held in any required adjustment by elastic pressure upon sai-d bar, substantially .as shown and described.

4. The improved device for the purposes specied, comprising a main bar having fixed horizontal pins attached at its respective ends and projecting in opposite directions, and a lateral arm attached to the upper end of the". bar and provided with means for securing it horizontal pins at its upper and lower ends,` the same projecting 1n opposite directions,

and a lateral arm which is attached to the upper end, of said bar and projecting on the side of the latter toward which the upper pin projects, said bar being provided with means for attaching it to a garment, substantially as shown and described.

' ALBERT LUs'Ti'G.

VWitnesses: y

HENRY IvnRsnN, I). C, TowNsEND. 

